From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266365AbUHBJXp (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2004 05:23:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266366AbUHBJXp (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2004 05:23:45 -0400 Received: from snota.svorka.net ([194.19.72.11]:60045 "HELO snota.svorka.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266365AbUHBJXn (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2004 05:23:43 -0400 Message-ID: <410E0816.6020903@svorka.net> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 11:23:34 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Espen_Fjellv=E6r_Olsen?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040705) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc2-mm2 References: <20040802015527.49088944.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20040802015527.49088944.akpm@osdl.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Morton wrote: | - Added Con's staircase CPU scheduler. | | This will probably have to come out again because various people | are still fiddling with the CPU scheduler. But my feeling here is | that the current 1st-gen CPU scheduler has been tweaked as far as | it can go and is still not 100% right. It is time to start | thinking about a new design which addresses the requirements and | current problems by algorithmic means rather than by tweaking. | Removing over 300 lines from the scheduler is a good sign. | | Feedback on this patch is sought. | I'm glad you added staircase, I've had better experiences with staircase than the one which was mainstream before, I don't have any actual timings on it, but it felt more responsive under heavier load(Compiling much, listening to music, browsing...). :) - -- Espen Fjellvær Olsen eldiablo@svorka.net Norway -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBDggWibTL5aHQf7URAmwvAJ46i+5OpkIQp4BtYt2xQScje5hmbgCfXjeF a9Q46GSRh9YWtp2lfVay1IY= =PlKC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----